Monterey Park suspect is the oldest mass shooter in recent history

Investigators searching for a motive in one of the worst mass shootings in modern Los Angeles County history say a search of the suspected gunman’s home discovered a rifle, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and evidence he was manufacturing gun silencers. About one-third of mass shooters have a previous history of domestic violence, and there have been several cases of “domestic spillage,” or instances where personal attacks result in the deaths of other people, Densley said. In most cases of crime, the elderly are the victims, not the perpetrators, said Jaclyn Schildkraut, interim executive director of the Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium, which also collects data dating back to 1966 on mass shootings. The Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium uses a different definition for a mass shooting, which includes multiple victims who have been injured or killed during a shooting at a public location. The tragedy in Monterey Park underscores the need for improved crisis and suicide prevention services, Densley said, noting that mass shootings are “always intended to be a final act” by the shooter — be it by suicide, death at the hands of law enforcement officers or eventual imprisonment.